Racer X Illustrated — October 2017

“Ever since my mom moved the beer

tent closer to the house and the win-

dows would be rattling at night from

the noise, I decided I would be

better off staying in town.”

GEICO Honda’s Jeremy Mar-

tin on why he quit staying at

his family home the night

before the Spring Creek

National, which is run

by his parents on

the family’s Mill-

ville, Minnesota,

property

“It’s always been a

dream of mine to

ride at the Stew-

art compound. I

am a big fan of

James. It’s been

my dream to ride

there for years,

and James is the

most gnarly dude

on a bike, and it

would be good to

see those guys.”

Jeffrey Herlings on visiting

Malcolm and James Stewart

when he attends the USGP in

September/MXLarge.com

“I would rather watch

a raccoon fight an

18-wheeler on I-90

than this match.

Anybody who pays

to see it should not

be allowed to cut

his own meat, let

alone handle his own

money. You know

what the difference

is between this and

human sacrifice?

Ring card women.”

Sports Illustrated columnist

Charles E. Pierce on the

Floyd Mayweather-Conor

McGregor fight.

“I ́m a mx fan but

these guys are like

the rugby guys of

MC. Manhood!!”

Comment by Swede68 in an

article on American Flat Track/

Racer X Online

“My tongue is still

on the track. Just

didn’t have enough

juice in me.”

Red Bull KTM’s Trey Canard on

his first race back, the Tennessee

National at Muddy Creek Race-

way. Canard finished 12th overall

after running up front both motos/

Racer X Online

“I just RSVP’d

to an online

invitation for

a dog birth-

day party

being held

in my own

home. Some-

times I worry

about our

future.”

Zac Commans

(@zaccommans)/Twitter

EXCERPTS FROM THE INTERNET’S TOP MOTOCROSS RADIO SHOW

DMXS BYTES

“The raven is sup-

posed to represent

the bird of death, and

I just got it because I’m

not scared of death and

risking my life every day.”

Yamalube/Star Racing Yamaha’s Aaron

Plessinger explains the large raven tat-

too across one side of his ribcage

“I shave pretty consistently

now! Okay, not really that

much. Consistently as in, like,

once every three weeks.”

Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawa-

saki’s Austin Forkner looks so

young that most people think he’s

still on a supermini, but he’s stick-

ing to his sparse shaving regimen

“I mean, AP is kind

of like that lanky

dude that could liter-

ally grab me with his

hand on my fore-

head and just hold it

out where I couldn’t

do anything.”

GEICO Honda’s Jeremy Martin

wants to incorporate some

UFC fighting into his training

at some point but would prefer

opponents shorter than Aaron

Plessinger when he jumps into

the cage

“I didn’t just shake my

tree; I cut it down and

planted a new seed.”

RCH/Yoshimura Suzuki’s Justin

Bogle made the tough decision to

hit the reset button on his career,

uprooting his entire program to be-

gin training with Ricky Carmichael

at the GOAT Farm

“They were

burning couch-

es and people

were naked on

top of buses....

I wasn’t even

allowed to

be here.”

Jeremy Martin on his

home track’s National

weekend when he was

younger/VitalMX.com

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SHEPHERD